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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011 Aug 24;10(1):37–45. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2011.08.015

Table 3.

Comorbidities in IBS patients vs. controls.

IBS Control IBS vs. Control, Odds Ratio (95%CI) P-Value IBS diagnosed by GI* IBS diagnosed by non-GI* IBS diagnosed by GI vs. non-GI, Odds Ratio (95%CI) P-Value
Other Pain Syndromes
Migraine 51,886 (36.7%) 28,380 (20.1%) 2.31 (2.27–2.35) <0.0001 6,108 (41.7%) 37,534 (36.7%) 1.23 (1.19–1.28) <0.0001
Fibromyalgia 8,288 (5.9%) 1,900 (1.3%) 4.57 (4.35–4.81) <0.0001 1,179 (8.1%) 6,070 (5.9%) 1.39 (1.30–1.48) <0.0001
Chronic Pain 26,467 (18.7%) 10,568 (7.5%) 2.85 (2.78–2.92) <0.0001 3,781 (25.8%) 19,217 (18.8%) 1.50 (1.44–1.56) <0.0001
Psychiatric Comorbidities
Anxiety 51,452 (36.4%) 21,724 (15.4%) 3.15 (3.10–3.21) <0.0001 5,745 (39.2%) 37,773 (37.0%) 1.10 (1.06–1.14) <0.0001
Depression 55,117 (39.0%) 27,507 (19.5%) 2.65 (2.60–2.69) <0.0001 6,308 (43.1%) 39,994 (39.1%) 1.18 (1.14–1.22) <0.0001
Bipolar 4,585 (3.2%) 1,894 (1.3%) 2.47 (2.34–2.61) <0.0001 594 (4.1%) 3,261 (3.2%) 1.28 (1.17–1.40) <0.0001
Psychosis 662 (0.5%) 379 (0.3%) 1.75 (1.54–1.99) <0.0001 106 (0.7%) 463 (0.5%) 1.60 (1.30–1.98) <0.0001
Other Medical Diagnoses
Diabetes 13,558 (9.6%) 14,730 (10.4%) 0.91 (0.89–0.93) <0.0001 1,759 (12.0%) 9,643 (9.4%) 1.31 (1.24–1.38) <0.0001
Celiac Disease 136 (0.1%) 26 (0.0%) 5.23 (3.44–7.96) <0.0001 28 (0.2%) 100 (0.1%) 1.96 (1.29–2.98) 0.0014
Crohn's Disease 954 (0.7%) 221 (0.2%) 4.34 (3.75–5.02) <0.0001 313 (2.1%) 499 (0.5%) 4.45 (3.86–5.13) <0.0001
Colitis 2,723 (1.9%) 774 (0.5%) 3.57 (3.29–3.87) <0.0001 685 (4.7%) 1,577 (1.5%) 3.13 (2.86–3.43) <0.0001
Inflammatory Bowel Disease 1,560 (1.1%) 246 (0.2%) 6.40 (5.59– 7.32) <0.0001 373 (2.5%) 937 (0.9%) 2.83 (2.50–3.19) <0.0001

IBS: Irritable bowel syndrome; GI: gastroenterologist; SD: Standard deviation; NA: Not applicable

*

Provider specialty known for 83% of IBS patients